A first generation industrialist, Mr Sekhsaria is the founder of Ambuja Cements Limited and the Ambuja Cement Foundation. His path-breaking and innovative thinking created new benchmarks not only for the cement industry but also in the area of corporate social responsibility. Mr Sekhsaria has also set up a family foundation that supports projects for capacity building in the areas of health, education and skill building to enhance livelihoods.

Recruited into the 1969 batch of the Gujarat cadre, Mr Laheri retired as Chief Secretary in March 2005. He also served as Chairman and Managing Director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited, Gandhinagar. He held many positions in industry, education, information, water supply, fashion, tourism and rural development during his career.

C S Rajan is an IAS officer of the 1978 Batch who retired as Chief Secretary, Rajasthan on 30th June, 2016. Since then he has been serving as Deputy Chairman, Chief Minister’s Advisory Council. During his years in the IAS he has served for around 14 years in various capacities in Agriculture and Rural Development, 12 years in Infrastructure sectors like Power, Roads, Industries, 5 years in Finance and 5 years in General Administration. He has co-authored a book on ‘Farmers Participation in Agricultural Research and Extension’. He has also briefly served as a Consultant with the World Bank.

Ms. Ashni Biyani is the Managing Director of Future Consumer Limited, an FMCG company designed to cater to the fast moving consumer generation. Over the course of the last four years, the company has developed over 24 brands in new and niche categories across food, home and personal care products. With an interest in human behavior, Ms. Biyani works on behavioral changes that help transform ideas into conceptualized finaal forms. She has a passion for studying society and culture and takes the time out for writing articles released in leading publications.

Vijay Kumar Sharma was the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India  and has previously held posts as Managing Director of LIC of India and also Managing Director of LIC Housing Finance Limited. He comes with over 37 years of experience in the insurance sector holding various challenging assignments pan India and in all operational streams including in-charge position at different levels. He is known to have a great understanding of the demographics of the country, socio-economic needs of different regions and multi-cultural challenges in the implementation of corporate objectives. He has vast board level experience on a national and international level in the banking and finance sector, pension & group insurance business, cards, mutual funds and pension fund. Mr. Sharma is currently on the board of ACC Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He is also a member in different sub- committees of the board in these companies.

Ms Sekhsaria is a graduate of the London School of Economics and holds a Postgraduate degree in financial economics from the University of London. She is the Founder-Director of the Salaam Bombay Foundation and has over 20 years of experience in the development sector actively working on a range of issues in health, education and skill building. She is on boards of a number of health and educational institutions and Government committees. She is an advocate on public policy and is recognised for her contribution to tobacco control in India and internationally by several institutions including the World Health Organization.

Mr Taparia is a Commerce and Law graduate and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He possesses more than 40 years of working experience in the fields of Legal, Secretarial, Finance, Taxation, Procurement, Internal Audit, HR, Health & Safety, and Sustainability. Mr B L Taparia worked with Ambuja Cements Limited for 30 years and attained superannuation on 31 July 2012. During his service period, he worked as Whole-time Director for 10 years from 1999 to 2009. Throughout his career in the Ambuja Cement, he was a member of the Core Management Committee responsible for the growth of the Company.

Neeraj Akhoury is the Managing Director and CEO of Ambuja Cements Limited bringing over 28 years of rich experience in the steel and cement industries. He has worked in leadership roles in India and other emerging markets. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Lafarge India, heading Corporate Affairs followed by Sales. In 2011, he moved to Nigeria as CEO & Managing Director of Lafarge AshakaCem PLC. Thereafter, he was appointed as Strategy & Business Development Director for Middle East & Africa at the Lafarge headquarters in Paris. He was also CEO of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited and Country representative of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh. Mr. Akhoury moved to India as Managing Director & CEO of ACC Limited in February 2017 till February 2020. Mr. Akhoury has a degree in Economics and MBA from the University of Liverpool. He has also studied 1-year General Management at XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (GMP)

Pearl Tiwari is a Director, and the CEO of Ambuja Cement Foundation and President (CSR & Sustainability) at Ambuja Cements Limited. With over 35 years of experience in the development sector, Ms Tiwari is an expert in community development, having worked in this area across diverse academic, NGO and CSR roles. Having graduated from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and with an Executive Education in CSR from the Harvard Business School, Ms Tiwari has led Ambuja Cement Foundation since 2000